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Arpad Nagy

Arpad Nagy

My Fiction

160 stories

Seen in the fading light of dusk, three oversized scarecrows, seen more as shadowy apparitions with unnaturally long arms and legs, hollowed eyes of yellow straw, and pallid, grimacing expressions, skulk in the shadows of an oak tree forest at night. They look menacingly at a man descending into an opening in the forest floor. In the background, a pregnant mother embraces her two young daughters, all fraught with worry.

Seen in the fading light of dusk, three oversized scarecrows, seen more as an amorphous blur with unnaturally long arms and legs, hollowed eyes of yellow straw, and pallid, grimacing expressions, skulk in the shadows of gnarled trees looking menacingly over a large, log home homestead.

Gothic style. Under a full moon and foggy night, we see a yard with withered trees and dozens of cats milling about in front of an old house. In the doorway, an elderly woman holds a teenage girl who’s collapsed with her head against the matronly woman’s chest.

Arpad Nagy

FICTION : Horror/Folklore/Paranormal/Thriller

35 stories

Seen in the fading light of dusk, three oversized scarecrows, seen more as shadowy apparitions with unnaturally long arms and legs, hollowed eyes of yellow straw, and pallid, grimacing expressions, skulk in the shadows of an oak tree forest at night. They look menacingly at a man descending into an opening in the forest floor. In the background, a pregnant mother embraces her two young daughters, all fraught with worry.

Seen in the fading light of dusk, three oversized scarecrows, seen more as an amorphous blur with unnaturally long arms and legs, hollowed eyes of yellow straw, and pallid, grimacing expressions, skulk in the shadows of gnarled trees looking menacingly over a large, log home homestead.

Arpad Nagy

First Line Fiction

26 stories

Seen in the fading light of dusk, three oversized scarecrows, seen more as shadowy apparitions with unnaturally long arms and legs, hollowed eyes of yellow straw, and pallid, grimacing expressions, skulk in the shadows of an oak tree forest at night. They look menacingly at a man descending into an opening in the forest floor. In the background, a pregnant mother embraces her two young daughters, all fraught with worry.

Seen in the fading light of dusk, three oversized scarecrows, seen more as an amorphous blur with unnaturally long arms and legs, hollowed eyes of yellow straw, and pallid, grimacing expressions, skulk in the shadows of gnarled trees looking menacingly over a large, log home homestead.

Realistic Imagery. Show townsfolk of a small community in different scenes, in each setting people are reading a hardcover book with blank pages. Centered in the image is a yurt set in an open lot between storefronts.

Arpad Nagy

Read Next

30 stories

cartoon of a fat man in a track suit running

Arpad Nagy

Favorites

61 stories

A pop singer on stage with a guitarist and cowboy clown dancer.

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Music. Movies. Pop Culture.

59 stories

A montage of images showing variations of running. From running rivers, running soldiers, cowboys on running horses, to rock n roll singers running on stage.

A female country singer on stage under blue lights, playing a guitar.

Arpad Nagy

My Non-Fiction

206 stories

A montage of images showing variations of running. From running rivers, running soldiers, cowboys on running horses, to rock n roll singers running on stage.

A man in his 50s stands in library towering with bookshelves and fictional literary characters, creatures and landscapes swirling around in the air.

Capture of the novel’s cover. A blonde-haired toddler boy runs along a dock chasing a wooden toy sailboat, with storm clouds overhead and stormy seas beyond the pier.

Arpad Nagy

Book Reviews

72 stories

A man in his 50s stands in library towering with bookshelves and fictional literary characters, creatures and landscapes swirling around in the air.

Book cover of a Huey helicopter flying over a jungle mountaintop

Capture of the novel’s cover. A blonde-haired toddler boy runs along a dock chasing a wooden toy sailboat, with storm clouds overhead and stormy seas beyond the pier.

Arpad Nagy

My Food Stories and Recipes

126 stories

A combined picture of soup’s raw ingredients next to a bowl of the finished dish.

In a high-class, professional kitchen, a scowling chef with a pencil-moustache, points and shouts at a young chef who stands seeing imagination bubbles showing Swiss Alps and Michelin stars.

Arpad Nagy

Flash Fiction

28 stories

Gothic style. Under a full moon and foggy night, we see a yard with withered trees and dozens of cats milling about in front of an old house. In the doorway, an elderly woman holds a teenage girl who’s collapsed with her head against the matronly woman’s chest.

Gothic Style. Outside an opulent home, in the dead of night, an attractive woman watches a man in dark clothes climbing into the house through a bedroom window. He looks back at the woman with an expression of uncertainty. The mood is creepy and ominous.

We see a woman in a Vitruvian pose, suspended within a fog-white ring, in the middle of an upscale penthouse apartment. A liquid-like, humanoid apparition towers over her. The mood is ominous, frightful and foreboding.

Arpad Nagy

FICTION : Romantic

31 stories

An attractive woman in her mid-20s with flowing, wavy auburn hair and hazel eyes is sitting at a desk, writing a letter while looking longingly at a picture of a beautiful woman of Syrian descent in her 40s with shimmering, straight, long black hair and sapphire eyes.

From the back, we see a woman in her 30s, with long ginger-blonde hair and her seven-year-old daughter, kneeling on a couch. They are peeking over the back of a couch, looking out a shaded front window at a man, visible only from the shoulders down, sitting in a chair on the front porch.

An aged man of Italian descent who gives off the aura of a mafia don sits at a table in an outdoor cafe in France. With him is a short, plump, healthy woman in her 80’s and an attractive blonde-haired woman in her 40’s. The situation is tense, and the mood is ominous.

Arpad Nagy

FICTION : Contemporary

27 stories

An attractive woman in her mid-20s with flowing, wavy auburn hair and hazel eyes is sitting at a desk, writing a letter while looking longingly at a picture of a beautiful woman of Syrian descent in her 40s with shimmering, straight, long black hair and sapphire eyes.

Realistic Imagery. Show townsfolk of a small community in different scenes, in each setting people are reading a hardcover book with blank pages. Centered in the image is a yurt set in an open lot between storefronts.

Through a fish-eye lens, we see a man, age 67, in fishing waders and a fly fishing rod in hand, sitting on a boulder and looking at his smiling reflection in the calm water of a river pool. In the background, a dreamlike vision shows twin children, a boy and a girl, and his wife in a family scene.

Arpad Nagy

FICTION : Adventure/Action/Drama

20 stories

Gothic Style. Outside an opulent home, in the dead of night, an attractive woman watches a man in dark clothes climbing into the house through a bedroom window. He looks back at the woman with an expression of uncertainty. The mood is creepy and ominous.

Create an ultra-realistic image of the Deep Water Shoal Lighthouse overlooking James River, Virginia. A transparent view beneath the lighthouse shows a forgotten ICBM silo that glows with an ominous and foreboding fiery light.

A young army clerk sits hunched over a field typewriter. The background is a mash-up of the D-Day landing, the Vietnam War, and the 1956 Hungarian revolution

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Combs Bookstore

52 stories

Stolen Focus by Johan Hari

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Dillon's Majestic Cinema

45 stories

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New Pubs

3 stories

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Linda

18 stories

Illustration of a boy fighting a magic battle

The moon reflected in water hand drawn illustration

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Nevena

18 stories

Woman sitting beside an hourglass on the balcony

Arpad Nagy

FICTION : Speculative

29 stories

Under a moonlit and starry night, a 13-year-old, auburn haired girl sits on the edge of rock garden shaped like a creek bed between a lawn and a garden bordered by a boreal forest. She’s carefully examining different stones in her palm as though they hold secret wonders. The mood is serene, peaceful, safe and mystical.

Ultra-realistic. A female scientist in her late 40s surrounded by a white-blue ethereal light stands in front of a liquid silver space-time portal. On the other side of the portal are celestial bodies, atomic symbols and the eye of God.

Arpad Nagy

Prompts

5 stories

A road sign which reads SLOW DOWN — showing a toy bear and silhouettes of real bears walking

Arpad Nagy

Arpad Nagy

Shortlisted for 2024 Northwind Writing Award in NF/Fiction. New owner of First Line Fiction. Editor @ The Memoirist, AoE, Book Cafe, Short Place, Kitchen Tales.

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